Posted by Keith in Washington on Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 21:43:58 :
In Reply to: Is it a synchro or non-synchro? posted by Derek Bell on Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 18:35:46 :
47's came with a non-synchro transmission. However, with a vehicle that old someone could have changed the transmission and bell housing to make it a synchro set up. Crawl under the truck with a wire brush and clean up the numvers on the side. There will be both casting numbers and a date stamp. The casting number will tell you the exact trans that it is and the date can also give you an ides.
On my 52 ffpw it came with a '46 transmission in it. So it had what is commonly call a "Before" rather than the "After" non synchro trans that is normally in the truck. I suspect someone changed it out.
Post the numbers you find on the trans to this forum and there several guys who can tell you exactly what trans it is.